JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, AUGUST 2000
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products     Aug. 2000   Aug. 1999  Aug. 2000   Aug. 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult                911         772         778      1,251
Others                    708         886       1,036      1,226
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           1           -          1
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon      531         610         113        116
Atlantic salmon         2,308       2,029       1,575      1,383
Yellowfin tuna          2,945       2,461       2,060      1,825
Bluefin tuna              281         356         837        945
Bigeye tuna             1,941       2,215       1,602      1,816
Southern bluefin tuna     543         450       1,256      1,142
Sea bream                  89          95          57         74
Billfish                  136         124          96         92
Frozen                       
Swordfish                 161         229         139        201
Pacific sockeye        12,743      21,185       6,272     13,180
Pacific coho            1,378       1,070         583        550
Other Pacific salmon    4,916       4,001         834      1,641
Pink salmon             2,219       3,368       1,046      2,062
Atlantic salmon           504       2,135         258      1,125
Other salmon               68          85          37         52
Halibut                 2,765       3,079       1,026      1,166
Albacore tuna             118         104          28         22
Yellowfin tuna          8,050       5,044       1,962      1,567
Skipjack                5,610       9,756         263        747
Bluefin tuna              439         312         625        382
Bigeye tuna             8,115       6,762       5,453      5,273
Herring                   955       2,520         105        526
Cod                       736         466         216        139
Mackerel                2,018         614         234         94
Mero                    1,262         579       1,007        574
Jack mackerel           2,172       1,983         376        288
Sea bream                 482         649          80        158
Capelin                 8,267       1,494       1,380        341
Billfish                  638         663         171        134
Spanish mackerel           81          47          33         19
Rockfish               13,337       9,147       2,989      2,281
Sablefish               1,800       1,325       1,738      1,234
Herring roe                 1          35           -          6
Pollock roe             1,011       2,399       2,023      2,490
Mero, fillet              493         353         580        468
Swordfish, fillet          92         109          57         57
Pollock surimi          2,729       1,889         595        593
Cod Surimi              4,337       4,772         794      1,135
Threadfin bream         3,134       2,447         601        538
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               826       1,127       1,279      1,972
Pollock roe               160         170         292        342
Salmon roe              1,052       1,093       1,287      1,387
Shellfish
Live/fresh
Sea urchin                566         523         486        357
Arkshell                  612         631         381        398
Spiny lobster             141         127         472        460
King crab               1,789       1,457       1,075        672
Tanner crab             2,092       1,387         538        387
Blue crab                  13           -          14          -
Other crab                511         574         326        375
Oyster                    233          58         126         31
Clam                      989       1,153         253        266
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             484         465       1,049        820
Lobster                   208         224         407        447
Shrimp                 23,278      23,325      28,960     27,455
King crab                 793         574       1,094        689
Tanner crab             5,566       5,121       5,929      4,799
Blue crab                 722         311         343        133
Other crab                 71          43          63         43
European cuttlefish     1,425       1,324         621        562
Octopus                10,334      10,634       3,849      4,713
Scallop                    64          91          70        129
Other cuttlefish        2,575       2,255       1,534      1,456
Squid                     184         934          25        149
Abalone                    46          15         201         58
Salted/dried                 
Squid                     112          14          72         14
Sea urchin roe             46          32          75         55
Jellyfish               1,619       1,521         442        637
Seaweed, dried            520         543         314        318
Seaweed, salted           333         314          30         37
Prepared                     
Eel                     2,445       3,695       3,119      4,292
Canned crab                 2          27           3        139
Fish meal              29,677      50,406       1,590      3,146

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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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